Example sentences of "[noun] around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four speakers around the dance floor and er two big bass things . |
| 2 | A woman came out of her house and apparently poured a pot of tea around the base of a bush . |
| 3 | Western press reports noted a rise in banditry around the refugee camps on the Thai border , leading to an indefinite suspension of UN aid shipments from Thailand into Cambodia from Sept. 21 . |
| 4 | You get a build up of black heads around the nose , and around the chin . |
| 5 | The Natural Break brochure , sponsored by British Gas , reveals a wealth of conservation opportunities around the country . |
| 6 | Thanks to the Sports Council there are opportunities around the country for almost every kind of sport , with 50-plus beginners especially welcome . |
| 7 | Having spent much of the glorious summer last year sitting in the shade of the apple tree I decided that if such summers were to continue it would be a good idea to build a permanent seat around the tree . |
| 8 | At 27 years old , and having won 52 international caps , ‘ Jacki ’ had earned recognition around the world and , more importantly , the permission of the Polish authorities to move abroad . |
| 9 | There was an instant chorus of recognition around the ( all-female ) table . |
| 10 | The brands involved in sponsoring grand prix ( Marlboro , Camel , Gitanes , Lucky Strike , and Rothmans ) each have minute brand shares in Australia , but , unlike France , which has recently lost its place on the grand prix circuit because of its refusal to allow tobacco advertising , Australia will continue to ‘ export ’ these images around the world in race telecasts . ) |
| 11 | The idea was that I was going to have these images around the base , and then I never did the Crucifixion . |
| 12 | In this circuit ( figure ) , the data input controls gate IC ID establishing positive or negative feedback around the oscillator formed by IC IA IC IB and IC IC . |
| 13 | The Williamson scheme envisaged bands of plus or minus 10% around the FEER . |
| 14 | An even larger protest was held the following year when 10,000 people gathered , many of them climbing a staircase of straw bales built over the ten-foot high barbed wire fence around the site . |
| 15 | Stop Hinkley supporters immediately scaled the fence around the large , green field where the new power station was due to rise — and ceremonially burned a domed model of a Pressurized Water Reactor . |
| 16 | But in the end the resident was only allowed to inspect the security of the chain link fence around the dump . |
| 17 | As is so often the case , these gates have been made by someone who has obviously no experience of walking , because they are impossible to negotiate with a rucksack on , unless you climb onto the bottom bars of the fence around the gate to lift the sack above the top rail . |
| 18 | But it used to be different then … there was n't no atmosphere like there is now and there were n't no fence around the London Road like now … |
| 19 | Erect a small fence around the pool consisting of short canes abut 15 cm ( 6 in ) high , linked together with a single strand of fishing line . |
| 20 | He was caught in a massive police hunt launched after the four fled through a hole in a fence around the jail playing field . |
| 21 | The Asiatic spiny turtle ( left ) boasts a rim of sharp spikes around the edge of its shell , and the pancake tortoise ( bottom ) has an unusually flattened shell and body enabling it to slither to safety under low crevices . |
| 22 | These were released over five months around the 3 km shoreline of Lake Apastapeque in El Salvador . |
| 23 | So we find him circling for months around the insoluble problem of Kee , exulting and then despairing , then exulting again . |
| 24 | Gallant Warriors ( published by the Author , 32pp , sbk , $ 10.95 ) by Dennis D Bergstrom is a survey of propeller driven warbird fighter and bomber survivors around the world . |
| 25 | Graduates were usually destined for mageship at least , but Rincewind — after an unfortunate event — had left knowing only one spell and made a living of sorts around the town by capitalising on an innate gift for languages . |
| 26 | ‘ Yanto Gates , ’ she squeaked , ‘ if you think I am going to hare around the country in all winds and weathers in a contraption like that , you 've got another think coming . |
| 27 | Like Domanov 's Cossacks , this heterogeneous group , made up from the various peoples around the Caucasus , including Georgians , Armenians and Azerbaidjani Moslems , had originally joined the German retreat westwards in 1942–3 . |
| 28 | The new body undertook to defend " the right of self-determination of oppressed peoples around the world " . |
| 29 | He also announced that as of July 24 the armed forces had begun an operation intended to last several days in which searches would be made for explosives and propaganda material in various districts around the capital . |
| 30 | Thick , textured fabrics are unsuitable as they do not take the stiffening well and also produce too much bulk around the roller . |